Campaign
Veteran David Kanevsky To Serve as Vice President of Political Affairs

WASHINGTON
(March 6, 2019) — The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) announced
that David Kanevsky will serve as the organization’s new Vice President of
Political Affairs. Kanevsky previously served as the Director of Polling
and Analytics at both the RSLC and the National Republican Senatorial Committee
and was a member of the 2008 McCain for President polling team. David has
managed several races at the state level up to congressional races, including
Representative Charlie Bass’s 2010 victory in New Hampshire, and a variety of
state legislative races in Virginia. Over the course of his career,
Kanevsky has conducted more than 1,250 surveys covering all 50 states, as well
as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Mongolia and Russia. Kanevsky has been named
a “Rising Star” by Campaigns
and Elections magazine and also won the “Republican Pollster
of the Year” award from the American Association of Political Consultants and
is a member of the Class of 2019’s “40 Under 40” political professionals.

“Following
his tremendous work during the 2018 election cycle, we are pleased that Dave is
going to serve as our Vice President of Political Affairs,” said Matt Walter,
President of the Republican State Leadership Committee. “RSLC has a
consistent track record of historic political successes, and David Kanevsky’s
peerless knowledge base and broad experience match that of any previous
incoming political department manager. Along with our other staffing
announcements, the RSLC is well equipped to meet the challenges facing
state-level Republicans in the 2019-2020 election cycle,” Walter added.

The
Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), the nation’s top organization
dedicated to electing and supporting Republicans in down-ballot state-level
races, is comprised of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association (RLGA),
the Republican Secretaries of State Committee (RSSC), the Republican
Legislative Campaign Committee (RLCC), and Ag America, along with RSLC’s
Judicial Fairness Initiative (JFI), Future Majority Project (FMP), and Right
Women, Right Now (RWRN).

The
RSLC proudly announced these additional staff acquisitions and
promotions:

Melanie
Pfeiffenberger was
recently promoted to Executive Director for the Republican Legislative Campaign
Committee (RLCC) for the 2019-2020 cycle. As Deputy Director of the RLCC
during the 2017-2018 election cycle, Melanie helped raise over $21 million for
the committee.

Lauren
Bosler has
been named Executive Director of the Republican Lieutenant Governors
Association (RLGA). A veteran of U.S. Senator Rand Paul’ s campaigns for
Senate and the Presidency, Bosler also served as Finance Director on a U.S.
Senate Race in Louisiana and as Deputy Finance Director for the Michigan
Republican Party. Most recently, Bosler served in the RNC Field Finance
Division to train and advise state parties and campaigns on fundraising
strategy and as a Paid Voter Contact Director.

Swati
Singh has
been named Executive Director of RSLC’s newest caucus, Ag America. Swati
will continue her service as Executive Director of the Republican Secretaries
of State Committee (RSSC). Swati will also continue her fundraising work
for the Chairman’s program for both the Future Majority Project and Right
Women, Right Now Initiatives.

Malcolm
Richards was
recently promoted to Associate Director for the RLCC for the 2019-2020 cycle.

Mary
StewartBell has joined the
RSLC as Deputy Events Director. Previously, Mary Stewart was with the
National Republican Senatorial Committee as a Deputy Regional Finance
Director. She has also served as Finance Coordinator with Drucker Lawhon
and as a Staff Assistant for U.S. Senator Thom Tillis.

Kristen
Fisher has
been promoted from Office Manager to Director of Operations.

About
RSLC

The
Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) is the largest caucus of
Republican state leaders in the country and the only national organization
whose mission is to elect Republicans to multiple down-ballot, state-level
offices. Since 2002, the RSLC has been working to elect candidates to the
offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state legislator, the judiciary
and other down-ticket races. State-level Republicans maintain 61 of 99
legislative chamber majorities across the country, hold 25 lieutenant governor
seats, and control 28 secretaries of state offices. To learn more about
the RSLC, please visit www.rslc.gop or follow @RSLC
on Twitter.

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